Biology:Celastrina nigra

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Celastrina nigra

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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Celastrina
Species:
C. nigra
Binomial name
Celastrina nigra
W. Forbes, 1960

Celastrina nigra, the dusky azure, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes in 1960. It resides in the extreme northeast corner of the U.S. state of Georgia.[2] The larval host plant is Aruncus dioicus (goat's beard).[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2943881 entry